BAT 2023

Nigerian singer, Kefee is still in coma after she slumped while on a flight to Chicago, the United States, her husband has revealed. Her publicist released a statement on behalf of her husband, Teddy Don-Momoh, on Wednesday, confirming that the Branama crooner is in the intensive care unit of a hospital in America. He appealed […]

… Threatens Court Action Innocent “2Face” Idibia has threatened to sue upcoming artiste Ewa for copyright infringement. 2face’s record label, the 960 Music issued the warning on Wednesday saying Ewa has been claiming to have featured 2face in her latest single “Crazy Love” whereas 2face knows nothing about the song. In what was described by […]

If you are a sane Nigerian, you can’t help but believe those postulating that the Angry People’s Congress (APC) is a major sponsor and financier of the violent Islamic terrorists group called Boko Haram. My readers do not need to go far to get their evidence in that view as such. Daily Trust newspaper is […]

Stephen Keshi, coach of the Nigerian national soccer team, Monday, released the list of the 23 players to represent the country at Brazil 2014 World Cup. The list includes three goalkeepers, eight defenders, eight midfielders and ten strikers. Full List: Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama, Austin Ejide, Chigozie Agbim Defenders: Joseph Yobo, Elderson Echiejile, Juwon Oshaniwa, Godfrey […]

I declared for the APC in June last year in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state well before the party was registered by INEC. I formally joined the party, amidst great fanfare, on 7th February 2014 in my hometown Ile-Ife and I registered my membership on that day. The registration was done outside the Ooni’s palace and […]

In last week’s article, we identified the advantages of a stronger naira exchange rate to include much lower inflation and interest rates, increasing industrial expansion, with rapidly rising employment opportunities.  We also explained how a stronger naira will eliminate fuel subsidy and also reduce the size and cost of our national debt.  (See “Advantages of […]

Little wonder that the most horrendous corruption figures ever known to Nigerians (Living and dead) have sprang up under Jonathan Presidency! Where was God? Still on His Throne as the God of Justice and Truth! ‘There is God o’ was the well-rehearsed, indecently languid and inexorably ineffectual attempt to rail-road the rest of us into […]

Terrorism has no place in Islam….We must rise up as always, with one voice to condemn all acts of terrorism, condemn those terrorists wherever they are and try our best as Muslims to ensure peace reigns in our community.” — Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III This is the core of the message of the Sultan […]

Hashtag online activism has continued to prove critics wrong in the amazingly unique way it amplifies disconsolate unheard minority voices, suppressed or subdued by a repressive and despotic government. It draws attention of millions to a horrific story. It gets better when world leaders and celebrities latch onto the hashtag as it nudges other countries […]

When Professor Wole Soyinka takes the centre-stage, he expects to be listened to, and because he hides beneath the genre of entertainers who seek to use the mastery of English Language and Boko Haram to catch the ears of others, he oftentimes oversteps the limits of decency to the applause of many with itchy ears, […]

Femi Aribisala’s piece, referenced in the title of this rejoinder, is very interesting, but missing several pieces. The writer failed to identify what the conspiracy truly is, and who the conspirators are. Well, we know who the conspirators are, we know what the conspiracy is. The conspiracy is by Jonathan against Nigeria. The conspirators are […]

Ever since its inception, Obafemi Awolowo University has been a source of personal progression for the innumerable young men and women who have swam to her shores, providing them with opportunities and hopes irrespective of background, tribe and social status. The greatest greatness in Great Ife is the opportunity to achieve our individual greatness irrespective […]